2016 American Transplant Congress
Cytokine Storm in Acute Post-Hepatectmy Phase Associates with Liver Injury and Impaired Liver Regeneration.
Background Posthepatectomy liver failure and its transplant counterpart, small-for-size syndrome, remain poorly understood. Large increases in IL-6 are associated with poor allograft function and IL-6…2016 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Complication After Living Donor Right Hepatectomy.
BackgroundLiving donor hepatectomy may carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality for the otherwise healthy donor. Portal vein (PV) complication after donor hepatectomy is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Opioid-Sparing Pain Management Improves Outcomes and Safety in Living Liver Donors.
BACKGROUND: As part of the ancillary four center study, to the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Cohort Study (A2ALL), over 75% of living liver donors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Ductoplasty in Right Lobe Living Donor Grafts with More Than One Bile Duct.
Background:Biliary complications remain the Achilles's heel of LDLT, especially in the setting of multiple ducts in the right lobe graft. Hilar plate glissonian sheath preservation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Time for the Grown Ups to Split the Difference? Outcomes of Two Adult Split Liver Transplants in the USA.
Liver Transplant & HPB Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
Background While splitting livers between children and adults has become a widely accepted practice, splitting a liver between two adults is not commonplace. This is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Usefulness of mRECIST Response to Chemoembolization for Recurrence Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Background Predicting risk for recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is clinically important.Methods We performed a retrospective study for assessment…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Sick Patients with MELD Score ≥ 35.
Background: The liver transplant candidates with MELD score ≥ 35 were very sick and with high mortality without liver transplantation. All these patients are in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Small-for-Size Grafts in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
1Columbia University Medical Center, New York; 2Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
Lower limit of graft size in adult Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is not well established. This study examines the outcomes with use of small-for-size…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to the Wider Utilization of Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT).
Purpose: LDLT reduces waitlist mortality, improves access to transplantation and has post-transplant outcomes that are equivalent to or better than deceased donor transplant. Despite these…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ideal Body Weight vs. Actual Body Weight for the Prediction of Small for Size Syndrome and Graft Loss After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: We compared the impact of estimating graft to recipient body weight ratio (GBWR) with actual body weight (ABW) and ideal body weight (IBW) on…
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